The note itself sounds great, but then you look at the teams it becomes painfully obvious how meaningless it is. The 1991 Indians had quality starts in 16 of their first 18 games and still managed to lose 105 games. The ’88 Tribe didn’t fair much better, losing 84. At least the ’88 Red Sox give us some hope – they made the playoffs before being swept by the A’s.

So while we’re enjoying the fast starts of Tomlin and Carrasco, just remember, they aren’t doing anything that Scott Bailes and Rich Yett didn’t do before them.